. His family slaughtered by marauders, Kentucky dairy farmer John Anders finds he is alone and living a hellish nightmare in a world destroyed by famine and the collapse of civilization. Seeking escape he sets out in his old Cessna on a desperate one-way flight and the start of an odyssey to far-flung places and into situations he could never have imagined. The Wall series relates the experiences of ordinary men and women caught up in extraordinary circumstances. Although written as fictional entertainment it portrays one of several scenarios we may all be faced with in the not too distant future.